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Tuesday, 6 February 2018

Recycling at the Refreshers Fair

On Tuesday, 30 January, I joined some of the recycling team from Liverpool City Council at the Refreshers Fair, where they where informing students of the services available to them.

It sounds like they're doing a great job along side the the team from the Green Guild to encourage the student population in Liverpool to not only recycle more but to be more responsible with old furniture when moving out at the end of term. In areas where there is a high population of students, alleyways become filled with furniture when term time comes to an end and students move out.

The Green Guild along with the recycling team have rolled out a scheme where students bring unwanted furniture to the Guild. The furniture is then stored there until the beginning of the next semester and given away to new and returning students to furnish their new homes for free.

This innovative scheme is proving to be a real success and is not only helping to keep the alleyways of Liverpool tidy but is preventing tonnes of useful items going to landfills.

Our Achievements

2017: Stop Loan Sharks one of only 8 organisations awarded a project grant, from over 150 applicants2017: MRWA Community Fund project 'Recycle L1578' funded2017: VOLA Consortium Member for Toxteth in the successful BBO-Include IT project2017: LCC Capacity Builders for a second year2017: Youth Providers Consortium re-selected to manage the annual grant programme2016: OFSTED rated 'Good' for community learning for Liverpool Adult Learning Service2016: Community Learning and Employability Skills Programme awarded by Liverpool Adult Learning Service2016: Youth Providers Consortium selected to manage the annual grant programme2016: LCC Capacity Builders awarded to develop and share learning with smaller third sector organisations2015: Financial Health Grade 'Outstanding' assessed by Skills Funding Agency2015: Community Learning and Employability Skills Programme awarded by Liverpool Adult Learning Service2014: Community Learning Programme one of a small number of project awarded a contract by Liverpool Adult Learning Service2014: Neighbourhood Recycling Projectthe only Liverpool neighbourhood project to be supported by the Merseyside Recycling and Waste Authority2014: Accredited Skills Training one of 4 organisations awarded a contract by Liverpool Adult Learning Service2014: Specialist Digital Skills Programme one of only 8 UKonline Centres projects in the country2013: Community Learning Programme one of 6 organisations awarded a contract by Liverpool Adult Learning Service2013: Community Capacity Builders one of only 22 UKonline Centres projects in the country2012: Communities Living Sustainably one of only 12 Big Lottery projects in the country